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the orient chapple

nickchapple wrote 3 days ago: The Orient Chapple Silly name I know, just a joke for now until I come up with something more fit … more →

Tags: The Orient Chapple, cooling centre stacks, earth ramming, earth tubing, energy efficient homes, Green Architecture, green roofs, grey water harvesting, low energy housing

Heineken Bottles Designed to Hold Beer Then Build Homes

beckyminx wrote 4 weeks ago: The Heineken Wobo Bottle was a solution in sustainable housing before its time. Alfred Heineken wa … more →

Tags: Cool, brick, beer heineken, WOBO, Beer Bottle, Dwellings, Curacao

Blair Court an Example of Sustainable, Universal Housing

canadianfundingcorp wrote 2 months ago: Canadian Funding Corp. is following the best practices on sustainable housing and discovered the fol … more →

Tags: Canadian Funding Corp, Canadian Funding Corporation, Blair Court, Vancouver Resource Society, cmhc, Blair Court an Example of Sustainable, Universal Housing, Example of Sustainable, Blair Court fund

Wendie Reid Real Estate Blog wrote 2 months ago:     The Homes of the Future are Being Built in the Hudson Valley Today! Try a Zero Energy Home!  “G … more →

Tags: green acres..., New Paltz, solar, Geothermal, zero net energy, Mohonk Views, new home, New Construction, Hudson Valley

Home energy audits may soon be mandatory for all residential real estate transactions. 1 comment

kwarearealestate wrote 3 months ago: Ontario is in the process of passing  a couple of pieces of legislation that if passed will make hom … more →

Tags: sustainability, Energy Audits, Ontario

Like I said- D.C. is the new Hollywood

Polly wrote 4 months ago: Actor and sustainable housing advocate Brad Pitt brought his pitch to the nation’s capital Thursday, … more →

Tags: President Obama, Brad Pitt, Nancy Pelosi, Brad Pitt in Washington, DC is the new hollywood, bipartisan site for women, Republican Women, Democratic Women, Nancy Pelosi and Brad Pitt

What is geothermal heating and cooling? 1 comment

kwarearealestate wrote 4 months ago: Heating and cooling of indoor space is one of the biggest energy wasters in our homes and businesses … more →

Tags: sustainability, Alternative Energy, Geothermal, geothermal heating, renewable energy, Sustainable living

Can wind energy work to power our homes?

kwarearealestate wrote 4 months ago: It costs anywhere between $2,000-$8,000/per kilowatt power produced to purchase a small wind turbin … more →

Tags: sustainability, Alternative Energy, housing, wind energy, Wind power, Wind Turbine

What does sustainable really mean in housing anyway?

kwarearealestate wrote 4 months ago: We’ve heard the word “green” for so long now, what is this other new catch word … more →

Tags: sustainability, Green, Green Building, green housing, sustainable

100K House aims to make green living more affordable

Iconoculture wrote 5 months ago: by Nissa Hanna WHAT’S HAPPENING A Philadelphia development team is creating the 100K House p … more →

Tags: consumer trend, Economy, Home, sustainability, Affordable Housing, Consumer trends, gen xers, Green Building, Iconoculture

How sustainable is the K-W region?

kwarearealestate wrote 5 months ago: How sustainable is the Kitchener-Waterloo region? Well, according to the 2007 Corporate Knights repo … more →

Tags: sustainability, Cambridge, Kitchener, Real Estate, renewable energy, Sustainable living, Transportation, Waterloo

Renewable energy in housing

kwarearealestate wrote 5 months ago: Most of our energy comes from non-renewable resources such as coal, oil, natural gas or radioactive … more →

Tags: sustainability, green real estate, housing, Real Estate, renewable energy, sustsainable living

Toxins in the home.

kwarearealestate wrote 5 months ago: Now don’t panic, but many different types of toxins are found throughout the average home. The … more →

Tags: sustainability, green real estate, Sustainable living, toxins

U.S. Let's Grab Some of This: Sustainable Homes from Easy Domes

Heather wrote 5 months ago: Sustainable, quick assembly, low-energy, prefab homes by Danish architect Kari Thompsen. Inhabitat » … more →

Tags: Green Links Other, Green Technology, Green Design, eco-living, Green Design, Eco Design, Sustainable Design, Sustainable Architecture, Eco-housing

Affordable and Sustainable DIY Earthbag Homes

Owen Geiger wrote 6 months ago: Earthbag building (also called sandbag building) is surely one of the lowest cost, most practical bu … more →

Tags: Domes, Economics, Introduction, earthbags, Sandbags, Affordable Housing, DIY

Beyond Green!

becky2504 wrote 9 months ago: There is nothing this company doesnt do…. Beyond Green applies the principles of sustainable d … more →

Tags: Tricks and Tips, action planning, development, Lifestyle, lifestyle analysis, Lifestyles, Redevelopment, Regeneration, sustainability

A great blog on better cars. Water on Mars. Ant intelligence.

Jake wrote 11 months ago: It’s called Gas 2.0. Hell YES. That is what we need – a good way of keeping up with the … more →

Tags: Biology, Ecology, Humanity, Nature, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, survivalism, technology

Shape East Tour and Seminar

ethicsgirl wrote 1 year ago: On Thursday, I went on a Shape East tour and seminar on the Impact of Growth on our Rural Heritage. … more →

Tags: Environment, Heritage, Sustainable Development, sustainability, landscape, Architecture, Ecos Trust

A New Kind of Affordable Housing

jaemery wrote 1 year ago:           There are interesting things happening all over the country with green/sustainable buildi … more →

Tags: Green Building, workforce housing, Affordable Housing, Culpeper County, Fauquier County, rappahannock county


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